Two migrant workers asphyxiated to death in Kerala

Two migrant workers from Jharkhand were asphyxiated to death Sunday while cleaning an untreated effluent tank in a textile printing mill near here, police said. The two workers, in their 30s, collapsed after inhaling some fumes on entering the underground tank of the mill at Thaneerpandalpalayam.

Fire and Rescue services personnel retrieved the bodies, police said. The workers were not provided any safety gadget required for such cleaning work, resulting in their death, police added.